The ditty bag is a sailor's holdall for useful stuff. Whipping twine and needle palm, foul weather gear, spare socks, pants and a bottle of rum. Here is a book which will find a place in the bag of anyone planning a visit, even if only from the comfort of an armchair. Romping through the history of the discovery of Antarctica (Maoris may have reached the Southern Ocean in the seventh century but it was the early nineteenth before anyone...
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